David S Day 10

4/6. Unlike yesterday, I thought I’d done worse today. 

1. Welsh :), D21. This jogged some old memory deep down. Otherwise I think I’d have guessed Maori. 
2. Psycho :), D02. I didn’t expect to get this. That said, I think given the time and “plot twist,” it’s the obvious guess. 
3. Flaute :(, D12. I had nothing here. 
4. Gold :), D31. Definitely the one I’m most excited to have gotten this season. I knew “The Kiss” is mostly yellow/gold, and gold sounded better to me than yellow. I figured 80% chance it was one of those, so I’m also slightly surprised to get this one.
5. Spider-Man :(, D10. Nope!
6. Midway :), D23. Gimme. Hopefully this plays pretty hard (at least to my opponents, if not to this crowd).

Dave M day 10

Damn, 5/6 today, with only a misread question keeping me from a 6 pack

1 : ) Welsh. I know Welsh has the 2^nd longest place name in the world, I also know the (NZ Maori) longest one, and the story behind the NZ one is different to the story described in the clue. D11

2 : ( Hitchcock. Should have read the question properly. D11

3 : ) Ocarina. Lucky to have Zelda be popular when I was playing video games. D32

4 : ) Gold. I remember the movie but had forgotten the name, but with early 20^th C Klimt the color could only be gold. D22

5 : ) Billy Elliot. Teenagers + physically grueling could lead in only one direction. D23

6 : ) Midway. Simple WW2 Q. D00

Marcus LL110 Match Day 10 -- Confirmation

5 yet again

Player: BrowningM

1. The village with a name translated to English as "Saint Mary's Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel near a Rapid Whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio by the Red Cave" is famous for its full single-word name in its native language. What is that language?
Correct Answer: WELSH (CYMRAEG)
Your Answer: welsh
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

i bet i’m the only one here who can pronounce it!

2. The legendary director of what 1960 film instructed theaters not to admit latecomers, in order to protect the film's famous plot twist and ending? This policy helped establish now-universal scheduled showtimes, replacing the earlier continuous-loop model.
Correct Answer: PSYCHO
Your Answer: psycho
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

had no idea about the films on a loop but i did know psycho was about 1960

3. What small and simple egg-shaped musical instrument belonging to the flute family, made from terracotta and featuring a protruding mouthpiece with multiple finger and thumb holes, was a central element in a popular video game released in 1998?
Correct Answer: OCARINA
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

hmmm nah 

4. Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, looted by the Nazis from a Jewish family, was returned to the family's heir in 2006 after a long legal battle and later sold for $135 million. This story inspired the film Woman in [BLANK]—what color, strongly associated with Klimt's work especially from 1901 to 1909, fills in the blank?
Correct Answer: GOLD
Your Answer: gold
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

was the most expensive painting ever bought last time it changed hands 

5. Teenagers David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish shared the 2009 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, splitting the physically grueling, near-constant demands of one particular role among them. What is the full name of that character?
Correct Answer: BILLY ELLIOT
Your Answer: billy elliot
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

teenagers and jumping about so it wasn’t Hamilton …

6. The sunken Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu are associated with what Pacific atoll and wildlife refuge?
Correct Answer: MIDWAY
Your Answer: midway
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

history gimme 

Jesse day 9

3/6

1. Nominated for 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture and spawning three sequels of its own, what 1970 film (named generically for the setting where its plot unfolds) is often credited with launching the decade's disaster-movie craze?
Correct Answer: AIRPORT
Your Answer: The Towering Inferno
Points Assigned: 2

Nope

2. Early 19th-century Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai popularized what term, commonly translated to English as "whimsical pictures" or "impromptu sketches", particularly via his 15-volume sketchbook series whose title included the word?
Correct Answer: MANGA
Your Answer: Totori
Points Assigned: 3

Shoot, very gettable.

3. The name of which month of the French Revolutionary calendar comes from a root relating to heat, fittingly as the month roughly covered late July through late August?
Correct Answer: THERMIDOR
Your Answer: Caldo
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea. 

4. "Porkopolis" is a former nickname for what American city, reflecting the city's German immigrant influence and contributions to its sausage and meatpacking traditions (though pork and sausage are not common chili ingredients there)?
Correct Answer: CINCINNATI
Your Answer: Cincinnati
Points Assigned: 0

I know Cincinnati Chili. Otherwise, I would have gone with Milwaukee. 

5. What plant, whose extract has long been used as an astringent for skin care and was used medicinally for centuries by Native Americans before European settlement, has a name that likely comes in part from an Old English word meaning "bendable" and is unrelated to sorcery?
Correct Answer: WITCH HAZEL
Your Answer: Witch Hazel
Points Assigned: 1

First thing that came to mind.

6. Who is widely credited with establishing the tradition of the white wedding dress when she wore one at her enormous 1840 wedding (before then, European brides commonly married in dresses of many different colors)? The marriage ended with her husband's death, attributed to typhoid fever, in December 1861.
Correct Answer: QUEEN VICTORIA
Your Answer: Queen Victoria
Points Assigned: 1

I knew this piece of trivia.

Brian Day 9

 4/6 but two bad misses mean I'll stay in last place in Avalon B 

1) airport 1/2

2) Ginza 2/2  Got fixated on what is the Japanese word for caricatures?  I read about 100 comic books a month and yet manga never occurred to me.   So annoyed with myself

3) Chaudre 3/3  Thermidor is the one French revolutionary month I have heard of, but since I never considered a root besides chaud, it never came to mind

4) Cincinnati 0/1  Would have said Milwaukee without the chili clue

5) witch hazel 2/1  I've used this

6) Queen Victoria 1/0    No other possibility 

David S Day 9

 3/6. I thought I’d done better. 

1. Airport :), D03. I knew there was a movie called this from around that time. Getting this was the high point of the match day for me. 
2. Doodle :(, D22. Terrible guess. 
3. Thermidor :), D31. Not sure there were any other months I could name. 
4. Cleveland :(, D12. Man! German immigrants and sausage led me to Ohio, and it was basically 50/50 from there. Picked the wrong one. 
5. Lithe :(, D21. Also not a good guess, but I’d have never gotten it. 
6. Queen Victoria :), D10. The dates given left no doubt. 

Marcus Match Day 9 -- Confirmation

5 again

Player: BrowningM

1. Nominated for 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture and spawning three sequels of its own, what 1970 film (named generically for the setting where its plot unfolds) is often credited with launching the decade's disaster-movie craze?
Correct Answer: AIRPORT
Your Answer: airport
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

toyed with the towering inferno but airport fitted the generic clue better

2. Early 19th-century Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai popularized what term, commonly translated to English as "whimsical pictures" or "impromptu sketches", particularly via his 15-volume sketchbook series whose title included the word?
Correct Answer: MANGA
Your Answer: manga
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

a guess but what else could it be?

3. The name of which month of the French Revolutionary calendar comes from a root relating to heat, fittingly as the month roughly covered late July through late August?
Correct Answer: THERMIDOR
Your Answer: thermidor
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

this is hard but i’ve read quite a lot about Robespierre and the hot clue got me over the line 

4. "Porkopolis" is a former nickname for what American city, reflecting the city's German immigrant influence and contributions to its sausage and meatpacking traditions (though pork and sausage are not common chili ingredients there)?
Correct Answer: CINCINNATI
Your Answer: milwaulke
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

impossible for me , easy for americans ?

5. What plant, whose extract has long been used as an astringent for skin care and was used medicinally for centuries by Native Americans before European settlement, has a name that likely comes in part from an Old English word meaning "bendable" and is unrelated to sorcery?
Correct Answer: WITCH HAZEL
Your Answer: witch hazel
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

the clue made it easy but i had no idea of the etymology and assumed it was an ancient british plant

6. Who is widely credited with establishing the tradition of the white wedding dress when she wore one at her enormous 1840 wedding (before then, European brides commonly married in dresses of many different colors)? The marriage ended with her husband's death, attributed to typhoid fever, in December 1861.
Correct Answer: QUEEN VICTORIA
Your Answer: queen victoria
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

gimme